花

flower

7 strokes. Taught in grade 1. Newspaper frequency rank 578.

Readings

• はな (kun reading): 花 (はな) flower; 花見 (はなみ) cherry blossom viewing
• カ (on reading): 花粉 (かふん) pollen; 花粉症 (かふんしょう) hay fever
• ケ (on reading): 天花 (てんげ) flowers that bloom in the heavens; 花瓶 (けびょう) vase used to hold flower offerings (often made of gilded copper)
• Read as a whole word: 無花果 (いちじく) common fig (Ficus carica); 紫陽花 (あじさい) bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); 花魁 (おいらん) oiran

Components

• 艹
• 化
• 匕 radical spoon
• ⺅ radical person, left-side form of 人
• ⺾ radical grass, top form of 艸

Kanji containing 花

• 埖 garbage
• 椛 autumn foliage
• 硴 oyster
• 糀 malt
• 錵 holmium

Words using 花

• 花 (はな) flower
• 花見 (はなみ) cherry blossom viewing
• 花屋 (はなや) florist
• 花火 (はなび) fireworks
• 花嫁 (はなよめ) bride
• 花粉 (かふん) pollen
• 花粉症 (かふんしょう) hay fever
• 花瓶 (かびん) (flower) vase
• 開花 (かいか) flowering
• 花序 (かじょ) inflorescence
• 無花果 (いちじく) common fig (Ficus carica)
• 紫陽花 (あじさい) bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla)
• 花魁 (おいらん) oiran
• 浪花節 (なにわぶし) naniwabushi
• 山紫陽花 (やまあじさい) tea-of-heaven (Hydrangea macrophylla subsp. serrata)
• 天花 (てんげ) flowers that bloom in the heavens
• 花瓶 (けびょう) vase used to hold flower offerings (often made of gilded copper)
• 花椒塩 (ホワジャオイエン) Sichuan pepper-salt
• 嶺上開花 (リンシャンカイホウ) winning hand formed by drawing a replacement tile after declaring a kong
• 豆腐花 (トウファ) tofu pudding
• 紫丁香花 (むらさきはしどい) lilac (Syringa vulgaris)
• 豆花 (ドウホワ) tofu pudding

563 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists